FRANKLIN COUNTY — Two Benton residents were arrested on drug charges Friday after Franklin County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a request from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Rend Lake to investigate a suspicious vehicle in the South Marcum Campground of Rend Lake.

Sheriff Don Jones says the investigation led to the arrest of 35-year-old Paul E. Ray of Benton and 32-year-old Rachel D. Ray for possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.